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Europa League preview: Chelsea to debut, Liverpool visit Zenit
European champions Chelsea headline the eight Champions League teams entering the Europa League knockout stage on Thursday. Chelsea bowed out of the Champions League behind Juventus and Shakhtar Donetsk, but qualified for the Europa League round of 32 by finishing third in Group E. Other Champions League sides joining the Europa League include Ajax, Zenit [...]
Wilkins: Benitez needs a trophy
Ray Wilkins thinks interim Chelsea boss Rafa Benitez could have a future at the club after Pep Guardiola joined Bayern Munich. The former Barcelona coach left the Catalan giants and took a sabbatical from football last year, but despite speculation linking him to Stamford Bridge, he signed a three-year deal with the Bundesliga leaders. Wilkins [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v Southampton
Southampton have a chance to avenge their heavy FA Cup defeat to Chelsea when the two clubs meet again in the English Premier League. Nigel Adkins’ team were thumped 5-1 at home by Chelsea in the third round of the FA Cup on January 5, the hosts giving up a one-goal lead before being put [...]
Premier League preview: Stoke v Chelsea
Chelsea will be aiming to stay in touch with the automatic Champions League qualifying spots when they visit Stoke on Saturday. But the Blues find themselves in the middle of a form slump and their task of claiming victory at Britannia Stadium will not be an easy one given Stoke have not lost at their [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v QPR
Frank Lampard was reportedly told to look for a new club in January but his brace against Everton could help win a contract extension. According to reports in England, Lampard was free to move elsewhere after 11 years at Stamford Bridge. However, the experienced English midfielder sent a timely reminder to all involved at Chelsea, [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Chelsea
A fourth straight win at home over Chelsea will take Everton above their opponents in the English Premier League and potentially into third. Everton sit fifth with 33 points heading into Sunday’s game, while Chelsea are third, two points ahead of the Merseyside club. Having won both their games in the past week, Everton are [...]
Premier League preview: Norwich v Chelsea
Chelsea will be hoping to continue their recent run of good form when they travel to Norwich on Boxing Day. The Blues responded to their shock 1-0 loss to Corinthians in the Club World Cup Final with a 5-1 thumping of Leeds in the Capital One Cup last week before blasting eight goals past a [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v Aston Villa
Chelsea will enter a home fixture against Aston Villa on Sunday fresh off a morale-boosting Carling Cup win against Leeds United. After Chelsea’s trip to the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan ended sourly with defeat to Corinthians in the final, Rafael Benitez’s men found themselves 1-0 down at half-time in their quarter-final against Leeds. [...]
UEFA Champions League Group E preview: Chelsea exit looms
Chelsea’s hopes of qualifying from the Champions League group stage hang by a thread as Juventus look to progress to the knockout rounds. In what promises to be another dramatic night in Group E, title holders Chelsea head into their clash with Norsjaelland knowing their future in the competition depends on Juventus losing to group [...]
Benitez bemoans Chelsea squad depth
Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez says his squad is not big enough to cope with their heavy fixture schedule. The Champions League holders travel to Japan for their Club World Cup semi-final on December 13 – naming a strong squad including the likes of Juan Mata and Fernando Torres. Chelsea have used just 20 different [...]
Premier League preview: West Ham v Chelsea
Chelsea need to pick up three points in Saturday’s lunch-time kickoff against West Ham to keep in touch with the league’s pacesetters. Rafa Benitez’s side travel to Upton Park on the back of two consecutive draws and now find themselves seven points behind league leaders Manchester United and six behind second-placed Manchester City. Chelsea’s poor [...]
Cech: Di Matteo sacking ´football life´
Petr Cech says he was ‘sad’ to see Roberto Di Matteo sacked as Chelsea manager, but believes decisions like these are part of football life. The Italian boss was replaced with Rafael Benitez by owner Roman Abramovich after the side’s league form slipped and a 3-0 defeat to Juventus left them unlikely to reach the [...]
UEFA Champions League Group E preview: Crucial clash for Chelsea, Juve
Chelsea striker Fernando Torres could be dropped to the bench for Tuesday’s crunch Champions League tie with Juventus. The Spaniard came off 28 minutes from the end of Chelsea’s disappointing 2-1 loss at West Brom on Saturday after yet another fruitless afternoon in front of goal. And with manager Roberto Di Matteo contemplating a change [...]
Premier League preview: West Brom v Chelsea
West Bromwich Albion deservedly occupy the lofty position of fifth in the English Premier League ahead of Chelsea’s visit on Sunday. Steve Clarke’s men have lost only to champions Manchester City at home this season with their new manager enjoying an almost blemish-free start to life in the top flight. A win at The Hawthorns [...]
Chelsea approach to Clattenburg allegations questioned
Society of Black Lawyers chairman Peter Herbert criticised Chelsea for not forwarding their allegations against Mark Clattenburg to police. The west London club lodged an official complaint to the Football Association following their 3-2 defeat to Manchester United in October, claiming referee Clattenburg used ‘inappropriate language’ towards midfielder John Obi Mikel. However, neither the club [...]
Cesar admits to Arsenal talks before joining QPR
QPR goalkeeper Julio Cesar revealed he held talks with Arsenal before deciding on a move to Loftus Road. Cesar won five consecutive Serie A titles with Inter Milan from 2005 to 2010 and also won the Champions League in 2010 under Jose Mourinho. He left the club in the summer, citing the location of QPR [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v Liverpool
Captain John Terry returns as Chelsea look to get back winning ways in the English Premier League when they host Liverpool on Sunday. Terry received a four-match ban in September for racially abusing Queens Park Rangers’ defender Anton Ferdinand last season and sat on the bench in their 3-2 Champions League win against Shakhtar on [...]
Champions League Group E Preview: Testing times for Chelsea
Defending champions Chelsea face their most important game of the Champions League group stage when they host Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday. The Blues have collected just four points from their opening three games and sit second in the group, three points behind the Ukrainian side who beat them 2-1 on matchday three. Chelsea, though, will [...]
Premier League preview: Swansea v Chelsea
Chelsea travel to the Stadium of Light on Saturday to face Swansea intent on reversing their first Premier League defeat of the season. The Blues’ lead was pegged back to just a point to both Manchester sides but it could have, and probably should have, been very different if some of the decisions had fallen [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v Manchester United
League leaders Chelsea host Manchester United on Sunday in a clash that could have a major bearing on the outcome of the title race. Chelsea have won seven of their opening eight matches to establish themselves as the team to beat in the English Premier League, despite their shaky form in the Champions League. The [...]
Willian still keen on Chelsea
Shakhtar Donetsk forward Willian has declared Chelsea a preferred destination as presses for a move away from the Ukrainian champions. Willian has again reiterated his desire to leave the Donbass Arena, with the European champions, AC Milan and Inter all interesting the 24-year-old. “I would like to move from Shakhtar, my work here is complete,” [...]
Champions League Group E preview: Blues bound for Ukraine
A strong record at home against English sides should give Shakhtar Donetsk confidence before their UEFA Champions League clash with Chelsea. Shakhtar have played a quartet of English Premier League clubs since 2000 and have won three of the four home games against those sides, including a 5-1 thrashing of Arsenal in the group stages [...]
Mata sold London to Granero
Esteban Granero has revealed his move to Queens Park Rangers was influenced by talking with Chelsea star Juan Mata. The 25-year-old left Real Madrid for the Loftus Road outfit on a four-year deal in August, costing Mark Hughes’ side a reported nine million pounds. Granero, who has been good friends with Mata since they were [...]
Di Matteo pleased with display
Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo insists there was more to his team’s win over Tottenham than their impressive attackers. Juan Mata scored two and set up another while Eden Hazard made a pair of assists and Oscar continued to show signs of his talent in a 4-2 win in the English Premier League on Saturday. [...]
Premier League preview: Tottenham v Chelsea
Tottenham’s Welsh winger Gareth Bale heads into his club side’s home game against Chelsea in flying form and ready for the London derby. Bale goes into Saturday’s English Premier League clash off the back of Wales’ two World Cup qualifiers against Scotland and away to Croatia. Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo will be wary of [...]
Arsenal´s goalkeeper crisis deepens
Arsenal’s goalkeeper crisis looks set to continue with Lukasz Fabianski ruled out for three months with ruptured ankle ligaments. And, according to Goal.com, Wojciech Szczesny has suffered a setback in his return from an ankle injury. Fabianski suffered the injury in training on Tuesday, just as he was closing in on a first-team comeback. Szczesny has [...]
Premier League: West Ham United 1 Arsenal 3
Arsenal moved up to fifth in the English Premier League after coming from a goal behind to beat West Ham United 3-1 on Saturday. Mohamed Diame opened the scoring for hosts West Ham against the run of play at Upton Park, beating Aaron Ramsey and curling into the top corner before Olivier Giroud displayed his [...]
Mata reaping the benefits of extended break
Chelsea midfielder Juan Mata has attributed his impressive form to manager Roberto Di Matteo’s decision to hand him a fortnight’s rest. The Spain international had a rigorous first year in England, making 53 appearances in all competitions as the Blues won both the FA Cup and the Champions League. Mata would then participate for his [...]
Premier League preview: Arsenal v Chelsea
Marko Marin has claimed Chelsea have amassed enough attacking prowess to win the English Premier League as they prepare to take on Arsenal. Chelsea signed four young attackers during the latest transfer window including Marin, and the 23-year-old German is excited by the club’s change to a more attacking focus this season. While Eden Hazard [...]
Chelsea defend Terry selection
Chelsea assistant manager Eddie Newton has insisted John Terry was happy to feature in the club’s 6-0 League Cup win over Wolves on Tuesday. Gary Cahill, Ryan Bertrand, Juan Mata, Oriel Romeu, Fernando Torres and Victor Moses all got on the scoresheet as the west London side comfortably beat their Championship opponents at Stamford Bridge. [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v Stoke
They may top the Premier League standings, but Chelsea will be desperate to return to winning ways when they host Stoke City on Saturday. After draws in their past two starts against Juventus and Queens Park Rangers, a matchup with Stoke offers the perfect opportunity for the Blues to flex their muscle. Recent history is [...]
Lampard wary of Juventus threat
Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has expressed his respect for the club’s upcoming Champions League opponents Juventus. The Blues face the Serie A champions on Wednesday at Stamford Bridge hoping to get their European campaign off to the perfect start. However, the 34-year-old admits it will be a tough ask to beat a side who did [...]
Chelsea must alter tactics, says Souness
Graeme Souness said Chelsea will not retain their European title if they stick with the same counter-attacking tactics as last season. The Blues won their first ever Champions League crown last May, but Souness – a European Cup-winning captain for Liverpool in the 1980s – reckons that feat was the luckiest ever in the history [...]
Meireles reflects on Chelsea stint
Raul Meireles returned to Chelsea’s training ground on Wednesday to say a final farewell before beginning life with new club Fenerbahce. The 29-year-old midfielder made 48 appearances during his 12-month stint at Stamford Bridge, winning both the FA Cup and Champions League. While he missed the Champions League final due to suspension after receiving a [...]
Community Shield: Manchester City 3 Chelsea 2
Manchester City produced a brilliant second-half display to beat 10-man Chelsea 3-2 in the Community Shield at Villa Park. Roberto Mancini may believe Manchester United are favourites to win the league this season, but his City side were in fine form on Sunday, and dominated this feisty match despite falling behind to Fernando Torres’ 40th-minute [...]
Villas-Boas angry at Adam
Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has criticised Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam for a ‘nasty’ challenge on Gareth Bale. The English Premier League clubs played out an uneventful goalless draw in the United States, but one moment of incident saw Adam bring down Bale after 18 minutes with a challenge that saw the Welshman withdrawn at half-time. [...]
Lampard impressed by Hazard
Frank Lampard believes Eden Hazard ‘can be a big player in Chelsea history if he wants to’ after seeing the Belgian in action. The Belgium international joined the Blues from Lille after a protracted transfer saga and has impressed the England man, as has another new recruit Marko Marin. “My first impressions of Hazard are [...]
Hazard hoping for Chelsea silverware
Eden Hazard has set his sights on a successful campaign with Chelsea following a season when the club won the Champions League and FA Cup. Belgium international Hazard joined Chelsea from Lille in June, and he is keen to become a key figure at the west London club. “Chelsea’s goals for the new season? We [...]
Lampard wants Chelsea to build on success
Frank Lampard has called on his Chelsea team-mates to redouble their efforts as they bid to repeat their success of last season. Chelsea were surprise winners of the UEFA Champions League under caretaker manager Roberto di Matteo last season, to go with their FA Cup triumph. They could only manage sixth place in the English [...]
Marin: Chelsea training is a step up
Marko Marin has admitted he has been impressed with the intensity and tempo of Chelsea training in pre-season so far. The attacking midfielder joined the Champions League holders from Werder Bremen this transfer window and the club’s preparations for the 2012/13 campaign are under way. The Germany international has spoken of his satisfaction over the [...]
Chelsea´s cheque book not closed yet
Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo has not ruled out further forays into the transfer market, but declined to name specific targets for his side. The European champions have already spent big during the off-season, bringing in Lille attacker Eden Hazard and Werder Bremen midfielder Marko Marin for a reported combined total of 40 million pounds [...]
Lampard: Chelsea success can help England
England midfielder Frank Lampard believes Chelsea’s Champions League success can have a positive effect on the nation’s Euro 2012 hopes. Lampard is joined by Chelsea team-mates Ashley Cole, John Terry and Gary Cahill in the England squad and said he is still on a high after the London club’s Champions League triumph in Munich. “I [...]
Milner: City, Chelsea triumphs will help England
Manchester City midfielder James Milner says the achievements of his side and Chelsea this season will give England confidence at Euro 2012. The 26-year-old was a member of the City squad that won its first league title in 44 years while Chelsea won their first ever Champions League crown and secured the FA Cup. Milner [...]
Lampard hails Champions League triumph
Frank Lampard says Chelsea winning the Champions League for the first time means everything to those at the club. In a sensational final against Bayern Munich, the Blues were triumphant on penalties after a 1-1 draw in 120 minutes that had seen Arjen Robben miss a penalty in extra-time. Lampard captained Chelsea on the night [...]
Champions League final preview: Bayern Munich v Chelsea
Bayern Munich have several distinct advantages over Chelsea as the two giants of Europe head into Saturday’s Champions League final. Firstly, the German powerhouse are playing at their home ground, the Alliance Arena, which is a formidable fortress. Secondly, Bayern won the Champions League forerunner, the European Cup three times in a row, between 1974-76, [...]
Lampard proud to captain Chelsea
Chelsea’s Frank Lampard has revealed his pride at the prospect of leading the team out in Saturday’s Champions League final. Usual skipper John Terry is suspended after his red card during the club’s semi-final second leg against Barcelona. Chelsea will also be without Branislav Ivanovic, Raul Meireles and Ramires due to the trio’s respective suspensions, [...]
Di Matteo: Future still uncertain
Roberto Di Matteo insists he will have ‘no problem’ if winning the Champions League failed to earn him the Chelsea manager’s job full-time. Caretaker boss Di Matteo said he is still unsure whether club owner Roman Abramovich will keep him on beyond the end of the season after Sunday’s Premier League win over Blackburn Rovers. [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v Blackburn
The turbulent league seasons of Chelsea and Blackburn will come to a close when they square off at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. The game is effectively a dead rubber, as Rovers will finish 19th and be relegated to the Championship, and Chelsea will end the season in sixth irrespective of the result. However, Chelsea manager [...]
Premier League preview: Liverpool v Chelsea
Liverpool and Chelsea will lock horns again in the Premier League on Tuesday three days after battling for FA Cup glory on Saturday. The Blues won 2-1 at Wembley and the Reds will be keen to atone for missing out on becoming the first team to win a domestic cup double since Chelsea in 2007. [...]
FA Cup preview: Liverpool v Chelsea
The managers of both Chelsea and Liverpool hope they can turn around their form before Saturday’s FA Cup Final after poor mid-week defeats. Liverpool lost 1-0 to Fulham at Anfield on Tuesday, while Chelsea went down 2-0 to visitors Newcastle on Wednesday in the English Premier League. Liverpool’s manager Kenny Dalglish slammed the players he [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v Newcastle
Chelsea and Newcastle lock horns in a crucial English Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. Both clubs are right in the mix for a fourth-place finish and potential qualification for the Champions League, with Newcastle trailing fourth-placed Tottenham on goal difference only. Chelsea, who could make finishing fourth irrelevant with victory in the [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v QPR
Queens Park Rangers’ fight for survival in the English Premier League takes them to Stamford Bridge on Sunday where they meet Chelsea. Impressive home form – QPR have won their last four fixtures at home, including wins over Arsenal and Tottenham – has seen Mark Hughes’ side move out of the relegation zone. But an [...]
Premier League preview: Fulham v Chelsea
Chelsea will continue their bid for Champions League qualification away to west London neighbours Fulham on Monday. Following the sacking of Andre Villas-Boas last month, Chelsea have enjoyed a revival in fortunes under interim manager Roberto di Matteo. They have reached the semi-finals of both the FA Cup and Champions League, while also picking up [...]
Champions League preview: Chelsea v Benfica
Chelsea will be hoping they can keep their perfect home record in the Champions League intact when they host Benfica on Wednesday. Roberto Di Matteo’s side have won all four home matches in Europe’s top competition this season, and another win on Wednesday will be enough for them to reach the semi-finals. A lone goal [...]
Premier League preview: Aston Villa v Chelsea
There is plenty on the line for both sides when Aston Villa host Chelsea in the English Premier League on Saturday. The arrival of Roberto Di Matteo as manager after Andre Villas-Boas’ sacking saw an upswing in Chelsea’s form, but a loss to Manchester City and a draw at home against Tottenham has seen the [...]
Champions League preview: Benfica v Chelsea
Benfica will hope to extend their unbeaten home streak when they face Chelsea in Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg. The Lisbon-based team have not lost at home for 10 matches in European competitions and Benfica’s coach Jorge Jesus will hope that form can help his side through to the Champions League semi-finals for [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v Tottenham
Chelsea host Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday in a match which could prove decisive in the battle for Champions League qualification. Spurs have spent much of the English Premier League season flying high in third place, and at one stage appeared potential title challengers, alongside Manchester United and Manchester City. But a sequence of four league [...]
Premier League preview: Manchester City v Chelsea
Manchester City could soon be left to rue their bad luck, as they prepare to face a Chelsea team finally hitting form in all competitions. City host Chelsea in the English Premier League on Wednesday, and need maximum points to prevent Manchester United from increasing their lead in the title race. United took advantage of [...]
Champions League preview: Chelsea v Napoli
Chelsea need to improve on recent performances if they are to advance to the Champions League quarter-finals at the expense of Napoli. A 3-1 loss in the first leg of their round-of-16 tie in Italy left the Premier League side on the brink of an early exit ahead of Wednesday’s clash. But since that defeat [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v Stoke
Chelsea caretaker manager Roberto Di Matteo knows victory against Stoke City on Saturday is crucial to achieving the club’s aim. The Stamford Bridge outfit are hell-bent on finishing in the top four to make next season’s UEFA Champions League. They currently sit fifth on the table and have to travel to table-toppers Manchester City, Arsenal [...]
Terry: Knee surgery went well
Chelsea captain John Terry has revealed surgery on his injured right knee went well and is now hoping to be back in action in four to six weeks. The news means Terry’s domestic season may not be over and he will almost certainly be ready for the European Championships in the summer should he be [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v Bolton
An English Premier League match at home to struggling Bolton should be an attractive prospect for Chelsea as they seek a return to form. Andre Villas-Boas’ Chelsea team are without a win from their past five matches in all competitions. Their barren run includes giving up a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 at home to [...]
Champions League preview: Napoli v Chelsea
Under-fire Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas may start injury-hit captain John Terry in their Champions League tie with Napoli on Tuesday. Despite insisting he has the unconditional support of owner Roman Abramovich ahead of the first leg of the round-of-16 clash, an embarrassing home draw with Championship side Birmingham in their FA Cup fifth-round tie on [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Chelsea
Everton midfielder Landon Donovan says his team do not fear anyone in the Premier League ahead of the visit of Chelsea on Saturday. Everton are unbeaten in five matches in a run of form that includes a 1-0 victory against table-toppers Manchester City at Goodison Park. And that result has given Donovan and the rest [...]
Capello in hot water with FA
Former FA chief executive David Davies thinks England manager Fabio Capello may have breached his contract over John Terry. The Chelsea centre-back has been stripped of the England captaincy and is awaiting trial for allegedly racially abusing Anton Ferdinand in Chelsea’s clash with QPR in October. Capello criticised the FA’s decision to remove Terry of [...]
Triesman: FA right to act on Terry
Former Football Association chairman Lord Triesman says that the FA had to strip John Terry of the England captaincy. The Chelsea defender is awaiting trial after denying a charge of racially abusing QPR’s Anton Ferdinand in a Premier League match last October, with the criminal charge against him being announced on December 21. He was [...]
Premier League: Chelsea 3 Manchester United 3
Two penalties from Wayne Rooney brought Manchester United back from the dead to draw 3-3 with Chelsea in a thriller at Stamford Bridge. The hosts were riding high on a three-goal lead shortly before the hour mark, with an own goal from Jonny Evans and a David Luiz header either side of a Juan Mata [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v Manchester United
Chelsea midfielder Juan Mata believes Sunday’s English Premier League clash against Manchester United can define his club’s season. Mata, who joined Chelsea for 23.5 million pounds from Valencia in the off-season, has been one of his side’s rare shining lights in a season in which they trail co-leaders Manchester City and United by 12 points. [...]
Premier League preview: Swansea vs Chelsea
Chelsea should expect a tougher encounter at Swansea on Tuesday than their 4-1 win in the corresponding fixture would suggest. Fourth-placed Chelsea were easily the better side at Stamford Bridge on September 25, with both Fernando Torres and Didier Drogba scoring in an easy victory. But Swansea, who sit 13th on the English Premier League [...]
Hughes praises FA, Ferdinand
QPR manager Mark Hughes has backed the FA’s decision to abandon the traditional pre-match handshake routine at Loftus Road. Hughes said allowing the players to run straight out in Saturday’s FA Cup tie against Chelsea was the best solution. “It was absolutely the correct decision,” Hughes said after the match. “There was so much tension [...]
Chelsea boss pained to leave out stars
Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has claimed that everytime he leaves players out of his line-up, he is forced to ‘suffer’. Stamford Bridge favourite Frank Lampard and record signing Fernando Torres have been relegated to the substitutes’ bench for much of the season and Villas-Boas insists it is not an easy decision. The Blues boss told [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v Sunderland
Sunderland’s resurgence will face another major test when Martin O’Neill’s side travel to Chelsea on Saturday. O’Neill has led Sunderland to five wins and one draw from seven fixtures in all competitions since taking over from sacked predecessor Steve Bruce last month. The former Aston Villa and Celtic manager’s influence has seen Sunderland rise to [...]
De Bruyne confident of Chelsea future
Genk midfielder Kevin De Bruyne says Chelsea are still very interested in signing him and are planning a future for him. The Premier League club attempted to buy the 20-year-old at the start of the season, but refused to meet the Belgian team’s asking fee. However, Chelsea, who played Genk in the Champions League group [...]
Cahill will keep playing, says Coyle
Owen Coyle says Gary Cahill will remain in the Bolton squad despite the defender’s imminent move to Chelsea. Cahill captained the side in Saturday’s draw with Wolves in the Premier League and looks set to do so again when Bolton travel to Everton on Wednesday. Although Chelsea and Bolton have agreed to a few, Coyle [...]
Warnock slams Barton red card
QPR manager Neil Warnock has branded the actions of Bradley Johnson “a disgrace” after his part in Joey Barton’s red card. After Barton had opened the scoring early in the first half, a coming together between the QPR captain and Johnson led to the referee’s assistant telling referee Neil Swarbrick that Barton had headbutted the [...]
Premier League preview: Wolves v Chelsea
Chelsea will look to arrest a four-match English Premier League winless run when they travel to Wolves on Monday. Andre Villas-Boas’ men were booed off after a 3-1 home loss to Aston Villa on Saturday, which followed three successive 1-1 draws, against Wigan, Tottenham and Fulham. The Blues have slipped to fifth on the table [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v Aston Villa
After three consecutive draws, Chelsea take on Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge on Saturday desperate to get back to winning ways. Following a 3-0 win over Newcastle and a 2-1 triumph against Manchester City, Chelsea are now 11 points adrift of the leading Manchester clubs after consecutive 1-1 draws against Wigan Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur and [...]
Liverpool, Chelsea slammed for condoning racism
Liverpool and Chelsea have come under fire for appearing to excuse the alleged racism of Luis Suarez and John Terry. The Society of Black Lawyers (SBL) have condemned both clubs for failing to conduct internal investigations into incidents involving Uruguay international Suarez and England captain Terry. Chelsea released a statement expressing its utmost support for [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v Fulham
Chelsea will be keen for maximum points after successive English Premier League draws when they entertain Fulham on Monday. The Blues sit fourth after 1-1 stalemates against Wigan and Tottenham, but will fancy their chances of returning to the winners’ list against the struggling Fulham. Chelsea’s failure to win against Spurs means they are now [...]
Premier League preview: Tottenham v Chelsea
Tottenham take on Chelsea at White Hart Lane as Harry Redknapp tries to keep pace with the leading Manchester clubs. After a 2-1 loss at Stoke City ended their 11-game unbeaten run, Spurs bounced back at the weekend with a 1-0 win over Sunderland through a Roman Pavlyuchenko goal to remain in third place on [...]
Pardew happy with point
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew said he was satisfied with his team’s 0-0 draw at home against Swansea on Saturday. Newcastle have now failed to record a victory in their last five games, seeing them drop to seventh place in the Premier League after an explosive start to the campaign. But Pardew refused to blame his [...]
Premier League preview: Wigan v Chelsea
Chelsea have the chance to continue building on their excellent form when they travel to take on Wigan on Saturday. The Londoners became the first team to beat Manchester City in the English Premier League this season with a 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge on Monday. Chelsea’s win was their third in a row and [...]
Mancini plays down defeat
Roberto Mancini declared that Manchester City’s first Premier League defeat of the season ‘changes nothing’ about their title charge. The City manager felt his team did not get the rub of the green in their 2-1 loss against Chelsea on Monday, citing the failure of referee Mark Clattenburg to give a first-half penalty for Jose [...]
Villas-Boas: Blues can catch City
Andre Villas-Boas said he is confident Chelsea can overhaul Manchester City’s seven-point gap over his team to win the Premier League title this season. Chelsea condemned City to their first league defeat with a 2-1 victory at Stamford Bridge, a result which Villas-Boas believes opens up the Premiership race. “Seven points is nothing in this [...]
Pardew slams ´under pressure´ Villas-Boas
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has hinted that Chelsea contemporary Andre Villas-Boas is not coping with the pressures of the Premier League. Villas-Boas accused Pardew of making a ‘big scandal’ over referee Mike Dean’s decision not to send David Luiz off in Chelsea’s 3-0 win over Newcastle at St James’ Park earlier this month, a decision [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v Manchester City
Chelsea take on league leaders Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Monday as the London side try to close the gap at the top. Despite qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions League with a 3-0 home win over Valencia, Chelsea are yet to convince against the top sides in the English Premier League. [...]
Champions League Group E preview: Chelsea, Valencia battle to qualify
Chelsea host Valencia as their hopes of progressing to the Champions League knockout stages go down to the wire on Tuesday. The English Premier League outfit have endured an indifferent campaign, sitting fourth in the league after a 3-0 win over Newcastle United on Saturday. With Chelsea level on points with La Liga’s Valencia, the [...]
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